- Some 2,000 Ukrainians marched in Kyiv carrying placards with portraits of their family members who fought or died in the World War II. The so-called Immortal Regiment campaign started in 2012 in Russia to mark the Soviet and Western allies victory over Nazi Germany traditionally celebrated on May 9 and to commemorate the war victims.
- The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine accused anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky of blocking a high-profile bribery case against Mykhailo Okhendovsky, chairman of the Central Election Commission.
- Despite Ukraine’s efforts to adopt European human rights standards, the country’s law enforcement agencies continue to treat suspects badly, a new report by the Council of Europe found.
- World Bank estimates the land price in Ukraine will triple, to $3,500 per hectare, if the country lifts the ban on land sale.
- U.S. suspended duty preferences for 155 Ukrainian imports due to copyright infringement. Among items no longer allowed to be imported to the U.S. from Ukraine duty-free are fruit jams, mittens, LED lamps, reptile leather clothes, and skis.
- Poland starts a case against Russian gas monopolist Gazprom and its five European partners for the construction of Nord Stream 2 pipeline, saying can lead to strengthening Russia’s dominance in gas supplies to Europe.
- Head of Kyiv office of Rossotrudnichestvo, a Russian cultural institute, was drenched with “zelenka,” a green antiseptic liquid, mixed with feces. Konstantin Vorobyov left home and was on his way to lay flowers at the World War II memorial when the assault happened.
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